High income vs Seychelles: Interest payments
Interest payments over time
- High income
- Seychelles
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 14.1% against 3.5% in High income, a difference of 10.6%.
That makes Seychelles's figure about 4.0 times High income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 1985 it was High income ahead.
High income ranks 35th and Seychelles ranks 33rd of 41 groups.
Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9.9% | 12.8% | 2.8% | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 8.8% | 20.4% | 11.6% | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 5.2% | 16.3% | 11.1% | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher interest payments, High income or Seychelles?
- Seychelles, at 14.1% against 3.5% in High income as of 2008.
- What is the difference in interest payments between High income and Seychelles?
- 10.6%, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Seychelles?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2008.
- How do High income and Seychelles rank globally for interest payments?
- High income ranks 35th and Seychelles ranks 33rd of 41 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Interest payments (% of revenue). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.